Now Poorer Countries Are Shutting the Door on Refugees Too

Uganda had been a notable exception to a worldwide pull-up-the-drawbridge trend—until now

How Venezuelan Gangs and African Jihadists Are Flooding Europe With Cocaine

Surging trans-Atlantic drug flows mean that cocaine seizures in Europe now exceed those in North America

EU Fines Musk’s X $140 Million Over Blue-Check System, Ad Transparency

The commission is still scrutinizing X over the possible spread of illegal content

The Top 10 Reasons New Businesses Fail

Entrepreneurs face all sorts of minefields when they launch a business. They would do well to keep these in mind.

SpaceX in Talks for $800 Billion Valuation Ahead of Potential 2026 IPO

Company’s CFO told investors about the transaction and IPO plans in recent days, say people familiar with the matter

U.S. Flips History by Casting Europe—Not Russia—as Villain in New Security Policy

An annual strategy document, which has described threats from China to Russia, now directs some of its harshest language at NATO allies

Celebrities Are Making Smoking Cigarettes Cool Again

Cigarettes resurface in pop music and movies, raising fears that a yearslong decline in smoking rates could reverse

America’s World Cup Kicks Off With ‘104 Super Bowls’—and One Peace Prize for Trump

The draw for the 48-team tournament to be held across North America next summer produced as a lavish, two-hour spectacle with no shortage of star power

Ukraine’s Corruption Cops Drip-Feed Probe Details Like an HBO Drama

Ukraine’s anticorruption agency uses teasers and social media to build support for politically charged case

The Failed Crusade to Keep a Rare-Earths Mine Out of China’s Hands

Failure of one Western company to build China-free rare-earths supply is a glimpse at how Beijing has come to dominate the critical minerals

A Newly Confident China Is Jockeying for More Global Clout as Trump Pulls Back

Feeling empowered after a clash over trade, Beijing looks to exploit America’s inward turn

Conservative Young Women Flip the Script: Kids First, Then Career

‘Seasons’ is the new buzzword for those starting a family earlier in life and focusing on professional advancement later

Sudan Offers Russia Its First Naval Base in Africa

Red Sea port would give Moscow a vital edge in the strategic waters

Gen Z Shoppers Aren’t Spending Like Retailers Need Them To

More than other generations, 20-somethings are tightening their holiday-season budgets because of economic pressures

ISIS Prisons and Camps Are Festering in a Fragile Syria as Aid Peters Out

U.S. military commanders warn the group is trying to free members and radicalize their families in detention

Make Money Not War: Trump’s Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine

The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europe’s dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.

‘Deliver or Die’: Inside the Drug-Boat Crews Ferrying Cocaine to the U.S.

The high-seas cowboys who speed tons of cocaine to American consumers are now getting blown out of the water. They say it won’t stop them

The Answer to a 1,700-Year-Old Christian Mystery Lay in a Lake in Turkey

Pope Leo XIV visited the ruins of a basilica that archaeologists now say hosted the Council of Nicaea

Iranian Funds for Hezbollah Are Flowing Through Dubai

U.S. is concerned as Tehran taps emirate’s money exchanges to rebuild battered ally

Germany’s Secret Plan for War With Russia

A classified blueprint shows why weapons or troop numbers alone may not decide the outcome of a broader conflict between Moscow and the West